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JOURNAL OF OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA
卷 19, 期 6, 页码 1362-1370出版社
OCEAN UNIV CHINA
DOI: 10.1007/s11802-020-4418-0
关键词
Delta 12 fatty acid desaturase; fatty acid; Haematococcus pluvialis; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; transcriptional level
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- Zhejiang Provincial Na-tural Science Foundation of China [LQ16D060001]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41606163]
- Natural Science Foundation of the Ningbo Government [2017A610288]
- Ningbo Science and Technology Research Projects, China [2019B10006]
- Zhejiang Major Science Project, China [2019C0 2057]
- Earmarked Fund for Modern Agro-Industry Technology Research System, China [CARS-49]
- K. C. Wong Magna Fund at Ningbo University
The freshwater microalga Haematococcus pluvialis accumulates large amounts of fatty acids in response to adverse conditions. However, the key fatty acid desaturase genes inH. pluvialisremain unknown. In this study, we cloned and functionally characterized a Delta 12 fatty acid desaturase gene, and designated it asHpFAD2. The open reading frame of HpFAD2 consisted of 1137 base pairs and encoded 378 amino acids. The deduced polypeptide showed 70% identity to other endoplasmic reticulum Delta 12 fatty acid desaturases, whereas it had only 44% identity to plastid Delta 12 fatty acid desaturases. The PSORT algorithm and phylogenetic analysis further confirmed its affiliation to the endoplasmic reticulum Delta 12 fatty acid desaturases. Heterologous expression was performed inSaccharomyces cerevisiaecells transformed with the recombinant plasmid pYES2-HpFAD2. Two additional fatty acids (C16:2 and C18:2) were detected in the yeast transformants. The results indicated Delta 12 desaturation activity and substrate preference for C18:1 over C16:1. The transcriptional levels ofH. pluvialis HpFAD2 at different growth stages were measured by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (PCR), indicating that theHpFAD2transcriptional levels were significantly higher in red cells than those in green cells. Our study brings more insight into the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway of H. pluvialis.
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